The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Franson, McDonald, Nornes, Anzelc, Dill and Metsa introduced:

H. F. 3094,
A bill for an act relating to environment; nullifying United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.

Moran; Lesch; Johnson, S., and Abeler introduced:

H. F. 3095,
A bill for an act relating to health; appropriating money for Open Cities Health Center expansion.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Finance.

Davids, Pelowski and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 3096,
A bill for an act relating to taxation; income; requiring update of a study; requiring the commissioner of revenue to initiate negotiations for a reciprocity agreement; amending Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 7, article 1, sections 9; 11; 12.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes.

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 3097,
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) at Inver Hills Community College; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

Schomacker, Hamilton and Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 3098,
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water and sewer line replacement in the city of Currie; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Health and Human Services Policy.

Simon and Lohmer introduced:

H. F. 3105,
A bill for an act relating to civil actions; providing a right to punitive damages in certain cases; clarifying a definition of government for purposes of certain types of civil actions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 554.01, subdivision 2; 604A.34.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Barrett, Leidiger, O'Neill and Drazkowski introduced:

H. F. 3106,
A bill for an act relating to state government; reducing the number of members of the legislature; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 2.021; 2.031, subdivision 1.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

Atkins introduced:

H. F. 3107,
A bill for an act relating to liquor; allowing sale of growlers by off-sale and on-sale licensees.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

Howe, Newberger and Kresha introduced:

H. F. 3108,
A bill for an act relating to transportation; requiring a transfer from the general fund for highway purposes; appropriating money.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

Sawatzky introduced:

H. F. 3109,
A bill for an act relating to natural resources; appropriating money for aquatic invasive species activities at Green Lake.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Radinovich and Ward, J.E. introduced:

H. F. 3130,
A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money for capital improvements to the Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center at the University of Minnesota; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.

Mullery introduced:

H. F. 3136,
A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; requiring the Metropolitan Council to include the Penn Avenue North bus rapid transit corridor in the transit capital improvement program.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary Finance and Policy.

Melin and Lesch introduced:

H. F. 3138,
A bill for an act relating to public safety; lowering the penalty for the performance of acts prohibited by statutes for which no penalty is specified; applying this change only prospectively to newly enacted or amended statutes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 645.241.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Civil Law.

Marquart introduced:

H. F. 3139,
A bill for an act relating to education finance; authorizing the voluntary realignment of the school district boundaries for Independent School District Nos. 152, Moorhead, and 2164, Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy.

Clark, Laine, Isaacson, Mullery, Davnie and Dehn, R. introduced:

H. F. 3140,
A bill for an act relating to commerce; providing consumer protection; requiring disclosure of genetically engineered food and seed; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 325F.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Pelowski, Lien, Dorholt, Rosenthal and Poppe introduced:

H. F. 3144,
A bill for an act relating to higher education; appropriating money to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for compensation costs associated with the settlement of employment contracts.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Higher Education Finance and Policy.

Laine introduced:

H. F. 3145,
A bill for an act relating to local government; permitting local governments to donate certain surplus equipment to nonprofit organizations; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 471.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

Anderson, S. introduced:

H. F. 3153,
A bill for an act relating to commerce; repealing prohibition on municipality issuing more than one off-sale license to any one person or place; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.412, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Jobs and Economic Development Finance and Policy.

Woodard, Albright, Beard and Hamilton introduced:

H. F. 3160,
A bill for an act relating to metropolitan government; requiring at least one member of the Metropolitan Council to have an agriculture industry background; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.123, subdivision 3.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

Anderson, M. and Green introduced:

H. F. 3161,
A bill for an act relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited lands that border public water.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Policy.

Metsa and Dill introduced:

H. F. 3162,
A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investment; appropriating money for marked Trunk Highway 53 relocation project; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

Metsa and Dill introduced:

H. F. 3163,
A bill for an act relating to transportation; capital investments; appropriating money for certain trunk highway projects of regional significance; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Finance.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy.

Torkelson and Schomacker introduced:

H. F. 3165,
A bill for an act relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation in Area II of the Minnesota River Basin; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance.

Torkelson introduced:

H. F. 3166,
A bill for an act relating to capital investment; appropriating money for renovation and relocation of the Milford Town Hall; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs.